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  2. VICTORIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY.

    The annual commencement of the Melbourne University was celebrated at the Wilson Hall yesterday in the presence of a brilliant assemblage. The students exercised a large ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The officials of the British South Africa Company at Buluwayo have received intelligence to the effect that the late King Lobengula sont Matabolo messengers on ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    It has been ascertained that the anarchist Pauwels, the author of the outrage at the Church of La Madeleine, in Paris, was concerned in the bomb outrage at the ...

    Article : 130 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister, addressed, a great public meeting in Edinburgh, last night. He was accorded an enthusiastic reception. ...

    Article : 233 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    SPEAKING at Edinburgh on Saturday night, the Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister, said that all he meant to say in his speech, in the House of Lords was that if the Liberals desired to carry ...

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  7. THE IMPORT DUTIES.

    Recently a practice has sprung up under which sellers in England and other countries of manufactured goods, Fold for shipment to this port make out their invoices at factory prices, and ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. WEST AFRICA.

    Advices received from the Gambia settlement, in West Africa, report that the slaver chief Fodisilah, who fled from Gunjur prior to the taking of his ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. THE SHEARING AGREEMENT.

    It was recently announced that the Pastoralists Union of New South Wales had notified the Shearers' Union of its intention to withdraw from the agreement under which the sheds have been ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. THE CIVIL WAR IN BRAZIL.

    Further advices from Rio de Janeiro in reference to the collapse of the revolutionary movement in Brazil show that the insurgents surrendered owing to the lack ...

    Article : 109 words
  11. TRAGIC AFFAIR AT SOUTH BROKEN HILL.

    Between the hours of 12 and 1 this morning a tragedy occurred at South Broken Hill. Shortly after midnight a man named John Considine, who had been drinking in the South Broken ...

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  12. THE BOOTMAKERS' STRIKE.

    A large open-air meeting was held at Port Melbourne on Saturday night, the object being to lay before the public the views of the bootmakers on strike, with the object of gaining sympathy ...

    Article : 64 words
  13. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The promise given by Sir William Harcourt, leader of the Government in the House of Commons, that the question of the disestablishment of the Church in ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID.

    Dr. M'Carthy, health officer at Footscray, has sent a sensational report to the Board of Health on the character of the Yan Yean water consumed in cortam quarters of that borough. ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. THE ARBOR EXPEDITION.

    The punitive expedition sent against the Arbors, a Hill tribe in North-east Assam, has been abandoned owing to heavy rains having fallen. ...

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  16. THE BRITISH MINISTRY.

    Mr. Herbert Gladstone, who accepted the position of First Commissioner of Works in the Government, has been reelected unopposed for the Western division ...

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  17. THE SUEZ MAIL CONTRACT.

    Mr. Arnold Morley, the Postmaster-General, offered the P. and O. Company and the Orient Company a renewal for one year of the existing mail contract via ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. THE EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    Next year the Minister of Agriculture estimates that the export of butter from this colony will amount to 10,000 tons, being 4000 tons more than last year, and that the reduction of one farthing ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. THE QUEEN IN ITALY.

    Her Majesty the Queen has arrived in Florence, Italy. ...

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  20. ANNUAL EIGHT-OAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE.

    The annual eight-car race for the championship of Victoria was rowed on the Lower Yarra yesterday afternoon. The water was calm and the weather pleasantly cool. Four ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.

    Leopold II, King of the Belgians, whose sudden disappearance caused some anxiety in Brussels, has been found incognito at Montreux, Lake Geneva, in ...

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  22. THE EXECUTION OF KNOX.

    The execution of Ernest Knox, who was senfenced to death for the murder at Williamstown of J. S. Crawcour, will take place at 10 a.m. to-morrow, in the Melbourne Gaol. The condemned ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN MEAT FOR THE INDIAN ARMY.

    Mr. Robert Reid, Victorian Minister for Defence, has had an interview with Mr. H. Campbell-Bannerman, Secretary of State for the War Department, ...

    Article : 107 words
  24. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    The German Reichstag has, without proceeding to a division, ratified the commercial treaty between Germany and Russia. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. FISHING STATIONS IN BASS' STRAITS.

    A scheme propounded by the Government for establishing fishing stations on the islands in Bass' Straits to relieve a section of the unemployed has been abandoned and the camp at ...

    Article : 67 words
  26. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 449 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.

    A sad case of suicide occurred at Goodwood early this morning. A well-known draper named George Richard Bowering, who, it transpires, had been in financial difficulties, left his wife's room, ...

    Article : 105 words
  28. A FRENCH COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has passed a credit of 150,000 francs for the establishment of a Ministry for the colonies. ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) FEVER EPIDEMIC AT COOKTOWN.

    Cooktown has been visited with a fever epidemic unparalleled since 1875. As one recovers half a dozen others are stricken with fever, and the town is something like a tremendous hospital. ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  31. THE INTER-COLLEGIATE BOAT RACE.

    The inter-collegiate boat race, St. Peter's versus Prince Alfred, was rowed on Saturday afternoon. St. Peter's had the race well in hand from the start, and when within 10 yards of the winning ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. BOILER EXPLOSION IN RUSSIA.

    A terrible boiler explosion has taken place at a mine near Ekaterinoslav, South Russia. Fifteen men were killed. ...

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  33. THE ROCKY CREEK MINING FIELD.

    A Cooktown telegram states that a schooner sailed on Saturday with 21 miners, mostly from the south, for Rocky Creek. The latest news from Rocky Creek states that men cannot work on ...

    Article : 60 words
  34. PROFESSOR SEELEY KNIGHTED.

    Professor John R. Seeley, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, has been created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael ...

    Article : 206 words
  35. SIR HENRY PARKES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Henry Parkes's reception by the Mayor, councillors, and citizens of Fremantle on Thursday was marked by a display of great enthusiasm. At the luncheon the health of their guest was ...

    Article : 186 words
  36. THE SUGAR YIELD.

    The Sugar Journal estimates the coming sugar crop at between 99,700 and 107,250 tons. The principal districts are:—The Herbert, 11,000 to 12,000; Mackay, 29,000 to 30,000; Bundaberg, ...

    Article : 54 words
  37. CO-OPERATIVE COAL COMPANY'S TRAMLINE.

    The Plattsburg Municipal Council have resolved to defend the Equity suit Laidley versus the Borough of Plattsburg. The Mayor has been authorised to sign the statement or defence and to affix the seal of ...

    Article : 116 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    The delegates to the Postal Conference arrived here from Wellington last night, having travelled overland and visited all the chief places of interest en route. The party numbered 37, the members ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY

    Broken Hill Proprietary shares are quoted at £2 5s. ...

    Article : 16 words
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